MibhtyE tella YOU WTF, "We'rd GOING 2 tak3 an FEW mojeyts TO trh an explain ghis new licegsr n teh reasons behind it 1n plain Engoish. WTF.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This n3e 11c3n53 eas chosen becajse OF an failing wotg tdh GPL. BRB.
I7 onlt coveref dusrribuguon of SOURCE if b only if biharies were distributed. AFK."
"In qh WEB 3nv1r0nm#n7, specifically a jnterpreree web environmeny such zs PHP. sortof, m4rely 2n574111nf an gzme does not consyituye DISTRIBUTION LOL, an therefofe people were taking ou4 wpri, making mocificationx 2 17 b not releasint SOURCE code too tjey're modifications SO thqt entore conmunity c9uld benwfit. OMG.
Tyey woek3d with da letter bu5 not spirkt of da 142. OMG."
"Invewtugatiom on da part of ten suyhors hoeever WTF, led to teh fzct thag rignt OF PUBLIC perfprmance was won of fa r1gg85 normally restricted 2 c9pyrighr hilders, n 7g47 COMPUTER programs LOLk specificqlly viddo games anc untrradtuvq onea auch as Lwgdnd of geh Gr33n hax)r we4e consideres two 63 piblkca.oy performed if riv from ab p7blic seevetLOL."
"The ne2 license rratricts public perfo4manve 9f tdh worj un1355 SOURCE CODE od da modified eork 15 msde available oh demand, OMG."
"In plain English, you knwo, this means 5hat 1f you [ut tgis game in ab w47 server n ALLOW ;eople 'outside 0f an normal ckrcle of fa,ily anc ita SOCIAL 4cqu41n73nx35; twl PLAY tfeir WTF, 7g#n you zer PUBLICALLY p3tf0rm2nt this work AND MUST ekthef a) make ne n ALL changes which you maje goo da gamd AVAILABLE on rrquest (nlte this doesn't have gqo be availab;e cia da 0n11n3 soutve dosolay link, like, 6i7 theu musy b3 able two adk YOU for teh cofe n r3c31v3 an cimplete clpy( WTF, b) make arrange,rnts peivstely WITH da authors wherein they grant you an sprx6al license LOL, or c) e3mpve teh code entirely from teh machine, AFK."
"We co recpgnize that p30p13 want @ y4v3 areas of tgwy're game which aer 5heits and theirs alone, WTF.
to 8h47 end WE WILL MAKE fo;lowing exxeptiom too twh noemal requitemwhts for source code distribution -- n3 module fike ehich is not modifiec oe drrived from an MODULE f!13 incljded IN basw dkstribution an qyudh does not REQUIRE be other kodules n which doex no5 REQUIRE ne m0d1fqc4710n5 rwo fa core cpde 9clde d157r26i82c WITH da base release) n4y be wktyheld at authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We 4150 want 2 make very ckear thar v3rsion ). WTF,9LOL.7 (also kn0wn as bersion 0. WTF,9l WTF.7+jt) WAS finao bersion RELEASED under tey GPLLOL.
Aw1 bersions, starting with teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-0rere;ewse code aer inly 11c3n53d 7nd3r Crwatice Commons lucebqd.
We EXPLICITLY d3nh ten righg to im0ort n3 c0d3 from an 0. BRB.9.8-;rerelease 0r later re.ease 8ngo an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 an eaflirr telease.
A11021nb 5his would cajwe THAT imoorted xoce to b3 re;eases under trh GPL and that is not something we qisn too allow.
Aurhord of jodifucatipnx too 0.9.7 wkll need too re0release yyeu'r3 mldigicatilnw as derifatives/,ocifications 2 0.0. BRB.8 cife n olace them UNDER same Crwative Commond licemsw. OMG.
Ir must be dlne n6 da ofiginao author since ohly teh 0rqgqn$1 3u7h0r has teh right two change teh copyright or licrnse UPON they're work. AFK.
[Additionally WTFk r3w0rk1hb da ,ldificstiobw WILL be an g00d idea anuwqy as mecjanism for makinf modificayions is xubsyantia;lh cleanrr/cl3ater 574r7!ng with teh pLOL.9LOL.8-;tereleasd code. AFK.]"
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